"Pick of the Day" - 1952 Fender Telecaster and Benson Monarch Reverb
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Today we're back in the shop with a fantastic 1952 Fender Telecaster! A vibey Blackguard with plenty of cool wear, all original with the exception of a replaced nut. This one still has the original circuitry and sounds absolutely wonderful, as you'll hear when Jay hands things off to Aaron Hiebert for a demo through a trusty 15w Benson Monarch Reverb combo that we have in the shop at the moment!
For more information on the guitar or amp, please give us a call as these are new arrivals!
Music: The Hollers "Ain't Here to Lose" (Instrumental)
Sounds great! Some rich guy is going to have great tone. I hope he can play. lol
I know these amps are supposed to be amazing and wow us all, and they are pretty damn good, but with my modern blues Jr amp and a boss blues driver pedal and a $300 squire tele I think I can get to 90 percent of this tone. The rest is in the hands. And you can’t buy hands. Peace.
Clearly you haven’t tried one
These are much more dimensional live
@@jambajoby32 I’m sure that’s true. I didn’t say I could get there with the $1300 worth of gear that I mentioned, I said I think I could get 90 percent of the way there. I am a working man with a mortgage and kids, I can’t pay 50k for amazing vintage guitars and boutique amps, so does that mean I shouldn’t try?
You're right, at the end of the day most tube amp circuits are very similar and the reason why people keep saying these kind of amps are so amazing and "dimensional" is because of course they have to justify their purchases somehow.
@@pavielanastazie9509 You guys can believe that if you want. However, if you AB it in the studio there is a huge difference between amps.
Possibly the most badass guitar I've seen yet. Up there with Danish Pete`s Purple Tele and Mike McCready`s Strat.
Nothing more satisfying than a vintage gem in the hands of that young man. He just brings out the best of those guitars. That amp is amazing too.
Thank you!!! Appreciate that!! :) Cheers!!
@@aaronhiebert4745 I do appreciate your playing style. You should really make few teaching videos :) the first song is beyond amazing!
@Aaron Hiebert here I am on this video a year later and man, you're playing is so fucking tasty man!
Can I ask, was there a specific overdrive pedal plugged in between that gorgeous guitar and amp here?
@@joshbabbitt9243 I think that was just plugging straight in and cranking it.
I jumped on this so quick.....I'm crazy about them benson amps too....classy combination right there front n center
a one owner tele.. dont rip the neck off! destroy a 68 year bond and mojo? we know its a 51 or 2 already just by features. maybe just lift the pickguard and control plate? or perhaps leave it to the buyer if he wishes to pull the neck or not?
I love that I can always confidently hit "like" on ECG videos before the video's even started.
This channel is so amazing! I love the new intro, the quality of the videos, and I really enjoy the new video series of you guys traveling around doing guitar safari. Keep up the awesome content! :)
Wow on the guitar for sure!! But the Benson Monarch !!!
That tele is cool and all, but that amp sounds incredible! What an awesome tone
65k lol
Heard this amp on another channel and both times it sounds exactly like I am searching for. Great review as always 👌🏻
Would have been nice to hear some clean tone. Was that all amp overdrive?
Totally a bad review imo
The amp has 6L6's but only 15 watts? I prolly just didn't hear it right...
The vids have been crazy good lately, and they were already at a high bar!!
Amp soudns sort of supro/valco like, like a tighter brownface with a little bit of UK eq
Theres something with the headstock on those old teles. The fist time i noticed it was on Joe Strummers black , worn tele in the 70:s. They seem to be more straight, somewhat skinnier and smaller. I might be wrong - but to me this IS the telelook. You can clearly see at 4.07 ca , in the video. Same thing with the f-holes in the 335:s the grew bigger and bulkier with time didnt they?
I was just barely five years old when this guitar was created.
And I was -50
wow !!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder when Joe bonamassa is picking it up
Nice Tweed character to that amp too!
O man, what a dream combination. And as much as I would love to own that black guard Telecaster (who wouldn't?), there's no way that I could ever afford it. But that Benson amp, that one's got my brain going. You all know what I mean, right? The feeling of a strangely pleasant type of restlessness. The idea that this is something you need, but also something you could actually get if... and then... and when I sell this old... I might.... and then maybe within 4 or 5 more months of saving and not spending any money on nonsensical things...., because I MUST HAVE THAT AMP!!!
You know the feeling. I know you know the feeling. 😎
..believe me, I know that feeling 😳😆
@@joshbabbitt9243 : And then you find out that the Benson is practacally unobtainable anyway. Especially when you live in the Netherlands, Europe.
But I’m pretty sure you still know exactly what I was talking about. 😂
I want one of these amps! Getting one in the UK is unfortunately near impossible.
“The screwed in the butt Tele”…please tell me that’s not what it’s called now!! 😉🤣🤣
An incredible find!! Hopefully that rich guy can play
How much these guitars cost normally? Thx
Damn! Great tones and playing on this one.
Just perfect
My wife wears her do rags like this.
Leo Fender - NOT a guitarist. Nailed it, first time out. You're done with this model from this time.
Perfect demo 👍
Aaron, I normally don't miss ur stuff here....and late as I am to this, wow. I've been oddly thinning my Strats down in the last year as I've suddenly been taken by Telecasters (I was able to purchase a lefty Ron Thorn Masterbuilt and it's been my gateway tele). Something about their tone...and how inspired I am when playing one....anyway, this is (as always) inspiring and such a great tone! Thx!
Best sounding Tele I’ve ever heard
What a combo!
What a Real Piece of American Made Guitar A Fender Telecaster The Big Brother to the Stratocaster This Gentleman Guitarist who played this Fine made Historical Guitar used it to make sweet music
I have that exact amp a couple of custom shop telecasters. How did you get that sound? Pedals? Attenuator? Deafening loud?
Is that not what they normally sounds like?
I was wondering too. Maybe a tube screamer?
This was just the guitar plugged into the amp. No pedals. We had the amp on 10! Wasn't too crazy loud but definitely sounded great in the room! Cheers!
As the Benson gets turned up after about a third of the way it doesn’t get louder, it just has more gain. They probably switched it to the British setting.
@@tombedford7493 British setting? All I heard in that demo was pure Tweed Deluxe tones.
Holy tone 😳
sounds good
I love Jay how cool is he ... the whole vibe, hair, glasses- keep it up guys ps. nice guitars, and wow that Benson...
He's a great guy! I was fortunate to live in Seattle for a while, and become pals with Jay. He's got a huge heart. The real deal.
I bought a San Dimas Charvel from him when I was in High School. (1985) He was working at Seattle Music on 1st & Seneca. Just a few blocks from where his shop is now.
Having to pick up that gem, play it then put it down and walk away would really hurt. What a fantastic guitar. Thanks for a great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Someone needs to get Mike Campbell a Benson amp
Way cool guitar with an overpriced copy of a vintage amp!
How loud did you need to crank the Benson to get that overdrive?
I don't even play and I am hooked. Love it all
Damn, will you listen to that thing?!
How does a guitar that "loved" for so many years only have the nut replaced in 69 years ?
Just curious 🤔
My concern as well ..if your playing enough to wear down a nut , I would assume the frets would be shot as well.
@@miked6497 20 years of normal playing warrant at least a partial re-fret. This Tele's had at least that.
And the dear children just smelled a good profit after dad was in his grave.
3:47 sounds a bit like Parni Valjak - Pusti Nek Traje
This guy can really make the guitar sing!!!!
The best guitar review ever i seen on youtube
it must be a very late ‘52 to be all original & have phillips head screws??
Yes, very late 1952. Jay states in the video what the neck and body dates are.
Can I come by and try it out?
Jay having a good hair day
Alabama Moonshine
Are the screws holding the plate with volume/tone/selector original?
Very important, otherwise you' ll loose $ 5k.😉
Mo-jo
you guys do any country demos with that?
I bet that thing just screams.
Amazing tone and incredibly cool/tasteful playing
Nice overdriven tone. Cool guitar and playing
Drool!
Excellent presentation! Could somebody tell me what’s the name of a tune starting at 3:48 or if it’s just improvised what are the chords?
I think it is based on a song called strawberry wine
@@gunsmithmusic Thanks! I think I've figured out the main chords and melody but the articulation is a different story, I hear a lot of double stops and various other blues tricks.
Isn't it Tennessee Whiskey?
It's Tennessee Whiskey. :)
My first taste of love, oh bittersweet
🤘
How much these guitars cost?
Watch til the end. It's on the chalkboard.
Nowadays 30k if you find a private seller. They made around 6000 black guards so quite a few out there
What song is that your playing?
If you're referring to the first song it's 'Down In The Valley'. It's an old 19th century folk song.
Tennessee Whiskey
Some Tennessee Whiskey and a bit of Last Dance with Mary Jane :)
Personally you should have played it through Fender amplifiers tweed Princeton reverb Deluxe reverb . I wasn't sure if he was demoing the amp or guitar. You didn't chase for a year trying to get the amp. You could have done a better job imo
Now that is some fine tasty playing!
Great noises from a great player!
Rock is dead.
Aaron is just amazing. What is that Monarch turned up to?
I’d guess somewhere around 6 or 7.
Aaron said in a reply above that it was dimed. No pedals. Just Guitar and amp.
@@chuckyz2 Thank you! Missed that